The signing statements task force, which was recruited by Greco, a
longtime Boston lawyer who served on former Governor William F. Weld's
Judicial Nominating Council, includes several Republicans. Among them
are Mickey Edwards , a former Oklahoma representative from 1977 to
1993, and Bruce Fein , a Justice Department official under President
Reagan.
In interviews, several of the panel members said they were going into
the project with an open mind, but they expressed concerns about
Bush's actions.
``I think one of the most critical issues in the country right now is
the extent to which the White House has tried to expand its powers and
basically tried to cut the legislative branch out of its own
constitutionally equal role, and the signing statements are a
particularly egregious example of that," Edwards said."

MR. NADER: "If the Democrats can't landslide the Republicans this
year, they ought to just wrap up, close down, emerge in a different
form. You think the American people are going to vote for a pro-war
John McCain who almost gives an indication that he's the candidate of
perpetual war, perpetual intervention overseas? You think they're
going to vote for a Republican like McCain, who allies himself with
the criminal, recidivistic regime of George Bush and Dick Cheney, the
most multipliable impeachable presidency in American history? Many
leading members of the bar, including the former head of the

American Bar Association, Michael Greco, absolutely dismayed over the
violations of the Constitution, our federal laws, the criminal,
illegal war in Iraq and the occupation? There's no way. That's why
we have to take this opportunity to have a much broader debate on the
issues that relate to the American people, as, as, as a fellow in Long
Island said recently, Mr. Sloane, he said, "These parties aren't
speaking to me. They're not speaking to my problems, to my family's
problems."
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23319215/ c2008 MSNBC.com see also
http://www.msmagazine.com/apr01/laduke.html PRESIDENTIAL
http://tinyurl.com/2x89um
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/23321310#23321310

ALL being SWORN to uphold the Constitution,
Why are DEMOCRATS et al unwilling/afraid to IMPEACH B/C
for failing to uphold the Constitution?
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/01/12/blackwater-tainted-shooting-
evidence/
do they deserve a paycheck when they are failing to uphold the
constitution
quote:
Bush and the rest of the neocons in Washington have no clue. Failing
to uphold the Constitution should be grounds for impeachment and
criminal prosecution, but when the Congress is willing co-
conspirators, who will prosecute? An "independent" judiciary who are
nothing but a bunch of unethical lawyers who are also nothing more
than political hacks. All three branches of the Federal government are
traitors.
http://quasimodal.livejournal.com/ quote:
And for all you cowards that think the PATRIOT Act is a good thing,
Ben Franklin in 1755 had this to say about you: "They that can give up
essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither
liberty nor safety."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-
dyn/content/article/2006/08/31/AR2006083101535.\
html
Indeed, even in a state that provided Bush his largest percentage of
the vote in 2004, his presence was polarizing. Rocky Anderson, the
mayor of Salt Lake City and a fierce critic of the war, led an anti-
Bush rally Wednesday that drew a crowd of several thousand to deliver
a symbolic indictment of the president for failing to uphold the
Constitution.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/
http://www.truthout.org/multimedia.htm
http://www.democrats.com/node/9182 Bush has challenged more laws than
all previous presidents combined.
The ABA's president, Michael Greco, said in an interview that he
proposed the task force because he believes the scope and
aggressiveness of Bush's signing statements may raise serious
constitutional concerns. He said the ABA, which has more than 400,000
members, has a duty to speak out about such legal issues to the
public, the courts, and Congress.
``The American Bar Association feels a very serious obligation to
ensure that when there are legal issues that affect the American
people, the ABA adopts a policy regarding such issues and then speaks
out about it," Greco said. ``In this instance, the president's
practice of attaching signing statements to laws squarely presents a
constitutional issue about the separation of powers among the three
branches."
The signing statements task force, which was recruited by Greco, a
longtime Boston lawyer who served on former Governor William F. Weld's
Judicial Nominating Council, includes several Republicans. Among them
are Mickey Edwards , a former Oklahoma representative from 1977 to
1993, and Bruce Fein , a Justice Department official under President
Reagan.
In interviews, several of the panel members said they were going into
the project with an open mind, but they expressed concerns about
Bush's actions.
``I think one of the most critical issues in the country right now is
the extent to which the White House has tried to expand its powers and
basically tried to cut the legislative branch out of its own
constitutionally equal role, and the signing statements are a
particularly egregious example of that," Edwards said."

http://www.votenader.org
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PARAISO DE LA SALUD HOSTS COMING WORLD URINE THERAPY CONFERENCE
http://naturinologie.info/english.html
http://www.salvationscience.com

These are articles taken from Yahoo forums, presented by Sonia
Rodriguez, of Paraiso de la Salud, Guadalajara, Mexico, which is
hosting the upcoming world conference on Urine Therapy. For details,
just type "Paraiso de la Salud" into your search engine, and go to
their website. We thank Senora Rodriguez for her valuable efforts to
propagate this suppressed efficaceous free therapy to the suffering
masses. Jai Om. - Sw. Tantrasangha

P.S. The testimonials don't necessarily relfect the personal opinion
of the author of this website. They are literal transcriptions and
they have been made accessible for informative purposes. It is up to
each reader to form his/her own opinion regarding the subjects
discussed and the testimonials found on this site. The author of this
website isn't responsible for the readers' interpretation, and/or
decisions that could result from reading the information and
testimonials found on this website.

From: Shivambu Yahoo forum - From Sonia Rodriguez at Paraiso de la
Salud, Guadalahara, Mexico:

Urea Therapy for Cancer

Urea is a very inexpensive product, and can be purchased by the
pound. Professor E.F. Demopoulas, an expert in using urea for
cancers, studied it for decades.

It is based on the assumption that the cancer cells are surrounded by
hydrophobic bonds which prevent the immune system white blood cells
from recognizing them to attack and kill. He used urea to break the
hydrophobic bonds of cancer cells, which protect them from the body's
own immune system. Urea breaks up this watery structure around the
cancer cell. All of a sudden the colony of cancer cells are suddenly
unable to feed due to loss of watery hydrophobic bonds, and the
cancer is unprotected from the body's immune system. They are exposed
to the action of immune system. In hundreds of cases of skin, eyelid,
and lip cancer.

Professor Demopoulas, through injecting a 20% urea solution around
the tumors and by applying urea powder to ulcerated skin tumors was
able to realize a 99% success rate.

Urea, as you might already know, comes from urine and is also
synthesized easily. There are an estimated 1,200-1500 medicinal uses
from urine we produce. Many hormones, heat shock proteins, cancer
antigens, life saving enzymes etc. all come from urine.

There are a few books you can find about on urine therapy. Dr.
Shantha is one of the first scientists to publish a book on
scientific basis of urine therapy and its use in AIDS and HIV
infection (AIDS-HIV: A PRESCRIPTION FOR SURVIVAL, published by
international publishing house). According to the letters he has
received from HIV positive patients, who follow his therapy state
that, by using his method of urine therapy many of the HIV patients
are free of AIDS.

They state that they lead a normal life without taking any expensive
toxic anti viral drugs though they are still HIV positive. Their
viral load in the blood also decreases and T4 cell count is very high.

Orally, urea is effective against liver, lung and heart cancers,
because the urea absorbed in high concentration from the
gastrointestinal track reaches the liver, lungs, and heart in high
concentration gradient to be effective against cancers. A 50%
solution injected into tumors shows immediate reduction of tumor size
and mass. We have started injecting 20-50% urea to breast cancers,
cervical cancers, accessible lymph nodes with cancers and other
easily reachable cancer sites and lesions with good results.

For liver cancer, and lung cancers, urea can be used if Blood Urea
Nitrogen (BUN) levels are kept at 35-40 mg %. A solution of 25 grams
of creatin hydrate is mixed with 15 grams of urea (the mixture is
called Carbatine—see "Drugs Known to Fight Cancer") in a quart of
water, shake well and drink 15% or 1/7th of the mixture every 90
minutes.

Monitor blood BUN levels: if low, add 5 grams of urea; if high,
subtract 5 grams. It is important to note that when urea is taken
orally after bowel surgery, only 25% developed lung or liver
metastases over the two years following surgery. [Clinical Oncology,
1977, 3]. An enema made up of 15%-40% urea and saline solution can
also be used to clean the rectum and can also be used as liver and GI
track detox therapy similar to coffee enemas. We routinely use rectal
enema and l douche for colon-rectal, l and cervical cancers.

From: CUT (Cancer UroTherapy) Yahoo forum

Bile: The neglected ingredient in urine

The theoretical and practical uses of Urea in both Urea Therapy and
Urine Therapy, have been well covered, most notably by Martha
Christy in her book, "Your Own Perfect Medicine".

Urinary antigens, as discussed by the eminent Dr. Eldor, explains how
Urine Fasting acts as a self-innoculation, specifically tailored by
one's own Immune System to treat one's own chronic or contagious
diseases.

Bile gives urine its yellow color. Perhaps more attention should be
given to the efficacy of recycled bile in Urine Therapy. Bile appears
to be the major Digestive Enzyme of the body.

Fasting is the other component of Urine Therapy. Although it may
sound over-simplified, to abstain from food will allow the body to
rid itself of old food which has putrefied and has become toxic.

So, in review, Urine Therapy has four major components: 1. Urea, 2.
Antigens or Antibodies, 3. elimination or detoxification, and, 4. the
improved digestion, provided by bile.

We strive with those who are unable to have belief or faith, even in
established fact. The egocentric approach is to falsify reality, in
order to meet one's own neurotic needs. Jai Om. - Sw. Tantrasangha

Bile: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaBile is also another name
for Belenus, a god in Brythonic mythology. Bile (or gall) is a
bitter, greenish-yellow alkaline fluid secreted by hepatocytes from
the liver of most vertebrates. In many species, it is stored in the
gallbladder between meals and upon eating is discharged into the
duodenum where it aids the process of digestion.

The components of bile: Water, Cholesterol, Lecithin (a
phospholipid), Bile pigments (biliruben & biliverden), Bile salts
(sodium glycocholate & sodium taurocholate).

Physiology Bile salts are steroid compounds (deoxycholic and cholic
acid), often conjugated with glycine and taurine, and act to some
extent as a detergent, helping to emulsify fats (increasing surface
area to help enzyme action), and thus aid in their absorption in the
small intestine. The most important compounds are the salts of
taurocholic acid and deoxycholic acid.

Bile salts combine with phospholipids to break down fat globules in
the process of emulsification by associating its hydrophobic side
with lipids and the hydrophilic side with water. Emulsified droplets
then are organized into many micelles which increases absorption.
Besides its digestive function, bile serves as the route of excretion
for the hemoglobin breakdown product (bilirubin) which gives bile its
colour. Bile also contains cholesterol, which occa-sionally accretes
into lumps in the gall bladder, forming gallstones.

In species with a gall bladder (humans and most domestic animals
except horses and rats), further modification of bile occurs in that
organ. The gall bladder stores and concentrates bile during the
fasting state. Typically, bile is concentrated five-fold in the gall
bladder by absorption of water and small electrolytes - virtually all
of the organic molecules are retained.

The human liver produces about a quart (or litre) of bile per day.
95% of secreted bile salts are reabsorbed in the terminal ileum and
re-used. Since bile increases the absorption of fats, it is an
important part of the absorption of the fat-soluble vitamins: A, D,
E, and K.

Bile from slaughtered animals can be mixed with soap. This mixture,
applied to textiles a few hours before washing, is a traditional and
rather effective method for removing various kinds of tough stains.

From: CUT (Cancer UroTherapy) Yahoo forum

Urine Therapy from Dyansanjlvani

Sometimes you may find, that as much as you try to eat right, to take
the appropriate nutritional supplements, to exercise, to drink plenty
of pure water - you still just don't get better or solve your
particular health challenge. These are the times when you may need a
little extra help. In that light I'd like to review
homeopathy/isopathy and your body's own medicine.

Homeopathy

In definition, homeopathy is: A therapeutic method, which clinically
applies the Law of Similars and uses medically active substances at
infinitesimal doses. Ok, so lets say you get sick with the flu. By
using the Law of Similars, you would give yourself an additional dose
of some same or similar flu virus, and this would really stimulate
your immune system to go into battle. That's using the Law of
Similars. However, in homeopathy, you never take the similar
substance full strength. You take an infinite-simally smaller amount.
Actually, it is so small as to be unmeasurable by physical scientific
instruments

To get to such a small level, the original substance goes through a
dilution process. For example, suppose you were making a flu remedy.
You would take, for instance, 99 drops of distilled water and add one
drop of flu virus. You would vigorously shake that solution 100 times
(homeopaths call this succussing). Then you would take a drop of that
solution and add it to another 99 drops of water and shake again.
Then take a drop of that solution and do it again, and again, and
again, etc. By the time the homeopath is through with this process,
any scientific laboratory could analyze the solution and all they
would say is that the substance is just water. BUT, and this is a big
but, the power of the remedy is in the vibrational imprint that has
been stamped on the water itself by the original flu drop and through
each successive generation. And this is where we get into quantum
physics and subtle energy, areas where our physical sciences are not
yet capable of going.

When the body is given a homeopathic remedy, it is stimulated into
action, not because of the physical or chemical nature of the
substance, but because of the energetic nature. The body receives new
vibratory information and acts accordingly. Now to anyone trained in
the physical sciences, this is unprovable. But whether you believe
this yourself or not is irrelevant, the fact is, homeopathics can be
a very powerful healing resource when used correctly.

Isopathy

In the Rot & Rust educational tour in the microscopy section, we have
a discussion about the colloids of life in the blood. If the terrain
of the blood (i.e. the bloods pH balance, mineral balance etc.) gets
shifted, the elemental forms, the colloidal particles known as the
protits or somatids, will change their shape to adapt to the new
environment. What they change into can be pathogenic (disease
producing) to the body. This is the biological aspect to the disease
process in the body. When Acharyaji was doing all of his research in
this area, he understood the developmental life cycle of the internal
parasite. He knew that disease was brought about by a shifted
internal metabolic balance. To get well, you had to rebalance that
metabolism. Understanding these concepts, in relation to also
understanding the biological nature of disease, he developed
biological preparations to speed the healing process. As biological
preparations, they work on a very unique level. If you understand how
microbes can evolve in the blood to a pathogenic level, then to get
well, you want to de-evolve those same microorganisms back to a stage
where they no longer present a problem.. The primary way to do this
is through diet (i.e. rebalance pH). But in severe situations, you
could accelerate the process biologically. This is where Acharyaji's
remedies come into play. He understood that if you have a microbe at
one late developmental stage in the body that is causing problems,
you could introduce the earlier stage of that same type of microbe
and they would mate and become a lesser form. This is how his
isopathic remedies work (iso meaning equal or same).

The protit is a colloid of life. It is the progenitor to later stages
of development if the pH of the blood gets thrown off. To de-evolve
the later pathogenic stages, you can re-introduce new cultured young
protits back into the blood, and the pathogenic forms will become
lesser, apathogenic forms. This is the basis for Enderleins isopathic
remedies. It promotes gentle and effective self healing through a
biological means.

Understanding these two concepts of homeopathy and isopathy, is going
to lead to a further understanding of just what the power may be that
is behind the effectiveness of the medicine your own body produces.
The Product of Your Own Metabolism The first time I was exposed to
the concept that the body makes its own medicine, it was through a
friend who was introduced to it through an eastern Indian "guru" type
of fellow. I thought it was interesting but a wacky kind of idea and
I never thought about it again - until I came across a book.

And then one day, her husband brought home a little book that told of
how individuals had been cured of even the worst diseases with a
seemingly strange and little-known natural therapy. Soon afterwards,
she began the therapy herself. From the first day she began, she
received almost instantaneous relief from her incurable constipation
and fluid retention. Within a week, her severe abdominal and pelvic
pain was gone. The chronic cystitis and yeast infections (internal
and external) soon disappeared and her food allergies, exhaustion,
and digestive problems all began to heal. What was this therapy that
she had discovered? What was this therapy that has helped seriously
ill patients gain complete remissions from their afflictions? What
was it that she actually did?

That's what I thought when I first heard about this. But I also
absolutely needed to know more. What I discovered is that urine is
not the substance we think it is. In her book, Acharyaji explains
what urine is....

In Layman's Language

Urine is not, as many believe, the excess water from food and liquids
that goes through the intestines and is ejected from the body
as "waste". It is much different and much more. When you eat, the
food you ingest is eventually broken down in the stomach and
intestines into extremely small molecules. These molecules are
absorbed into tiny tubules in the intestinal wall and then pass
through these tubes into the blood stream. The blood circulates
throughout your body carrying these food molecules and other
nutrients, along with critical immune defense and regulating elements
such as red and white blood cells, antibodies, plasma, microscopic
proteins, hormones, enzymes, etc., which are all manufactured at
different locations in the body.

As the blood circulates, it passes through the liver where toxins are
removed and later excreted from the body in the form of solid waste.
Eventually, this now purified "cleaned" blood makes its way to the
kidneys. When blood enters the kidneys it is filtered through an
immensely complex and intricate system of minute tubules called
nephron through which the blood is literally "squeezed" at high
pressure. This filtering process removes excess amounts of water,
salts and other elements in the blood that your body does not need at
the time.

These excess elements are collected within the kidney in the form of
a purified, sterile, watery solution called urine. Many of the
constituents of this filtered watery solution, or urine, are then
reabsorbed by the nephron and delivered back into the bloodstream.
The remainder of the urine passes out of the kidneys into the bladder
and is then excreted from the body.

The function of the kidneys is to keep the various elements in your
blood balanced. When your body doesn't need something at a particular
time, it is excreted - not because it is toxic or poisonous or bad
for the body, but simply because the body does not need that
particular element at the time.

Medical researchers have discovered that many of the elements of the
blood that are found in urine have enormous medicinal value, and when
reintroduced to the body, they boost the body's immune defenses and
stimulate healing in a way that nothing else does.

A Nutrient Rich Powerhouse

Stories have been told of individuals who have both lived and died by
being trapped in places without food and water for days. Those that
survived did so because they drank their own urine, those that
perished did not. The ones that died probably could not overcome the
mis-informed thoughts that urine is a waste product of the body. It's
not. It's just a substance the body secretes that contains elements
not needed at the time. Despite what you may have been led to believe
about urine, pharmaceutical companies have grossed billions of
dollars from the sale of drugs made from urine constituents. Research
is happening every day in labs attempting to isolate specific
elements of urine so they can create new drugs and patent the
substances. For instance, Pergonal is a fertility drug made from
human urine. 1992 sales of this drug were reported at $855 million
while it costs a patient $1400 a month to consume. Urokinase, a urine
ingredient, is used in drug form and sold as a miracle blood clot
dissolver for unblocking coronary arteries. Urea, medically proven to
be one of the best moisturizers in the world, is packaged in
expensive creams and lotions. Take the M out of Murine eye drops and
what do you have? Yep. It's made from carbamide - another name for
synthetic urea.

A Powerful Healer

To get some understanding of how urine can be such a powerful healing
substance in and of itself, let's take a look at how urine therapy
has been known to completely eliminate allergies. Researchers have
discovered that allergic responses are caused by "renegade" white
blood cells that inappropriately attack substances even when they may
be no threat to the body. So it is the activity of these renegade
white blood cells, called antigen receptors, that needs to be
corrected in order to cure the allergy.

Realizing that the urine of allergic individuals contains the allergy
causing antigen receptors, researchers thought that to re-introduce
the urine back to the allergic individual would mean antibodies would
be produced which would then stop the allergic response. And that is
exactly what happens. Allergies have been completely turned around
with urine therapy.

Using urine in this way to cure the allergy, is one form of isopathic
treatment. You're using the same substance that is causing the
allergy, to be reintroduced to the body to have the body manufacture
its own antibody to it. If you grasp this point, you may be able to
see the ability of this therapy to be used in just about any illness
the body may experience.

Furthering the Isopathic Approach

To take this isopathic idea a bit further, let's come back to the
teaching of Acharyaji and the biological perspective. As you'll
recall, Acharyaji developed remedies that were based on the
observations that how we get sick is a function of the blood pH
getting thrown off causing microbes in the blood to grow into
pathogenicity. His biological remedies involved re-introducing the
small colloids of life, or the protits, back into the body to mate
with the pathogenic forms so they would de-evolve back into a non-
pathogenic state. This is what you could call a bit of biological
brilliance. Now let's take this idea in relation to urine therapy and
expand it to meet this biological framework. Urine therapy has been
able to cure seemingly incurable disease states. Why is that? Well
here's an idea. The colloids in your blood that are the
protits/somatids, are very small particles. In fact they are so small
as to be unfilterable by something like the kidneys. Though
researchers haven't been looking, it is probable that one of the
constituents of urine are these colloid particles that naturally just
get passed through the kidneys out of the blood. When one consumes
their own urine through the process of urine therapy, they are
receiving a dose of these pure colloids. These biologically proceed
to support the immune function, and quite possibly lead to taking the
pathogenic microbes in the blood back down to apathogenic states. In
this way, urine truly becomes the body's own perfect medicine.

Open Minds Can Open Doors

Don't take this therapy lightly. Multiple sclerosis, colitis, lupus,
rheumatoid arthritis, cancer, hepatitis, hyperactivity, pancreatic
insufficiency, psoriasis, eczema, diabetes, herpes, mononucleosis,
adrenal failure, allergies and so many other ailments have been
relieved through use of this therapy. After you overcome your initial
gag response (I know I had one), you will realize that something big
is going on, and if you are searching for health, this is an area to
investigate. There are numerous reports and double blind studies
which go back to the turn of the century supporting the efficacy of
using urine for health. The recurring points to all of the medical
research done to date on urine indicates that it is completely
sterile. If it becomes contaminated it happens after it leaves the
body. Urine is a by-product of blood filtration, not waste filtration.

Urine contains compounds that are very specific to the individual
from which it comes. It is antibacterial, antifungal, antiviral,
antineoplastic (anticancer), anticonvulsive, and antispasmodic. It is
totally non-toxic.

With research that could fill volumes, you may be wondering why you
haven't heard of this before. Well, urine is abundant (everyone has
their own supply), it's free, and it can't be controlled by the FDA.
Reasons enough?

How to Do It

Very briefly, here are two ways to do urine therapy. This is in no
way a complete discussion of how to use the therapy, but simply an
introduction.

1) Use your own urine in a homeopathic fashion.

First, collect midstream urine in a clean cup or container. This
should be a clean catch, meaning the genital area (important for
women in particular) has been cleaned beforehand. To 1/6 ounce of
distilled water in a sterile bottle, add one drop of fresh urine. Cap
and shake 50 times. Take one drop of this mix and add to another 1/6
ounce of distilled water and shake 50 times. Take one drop of this
mix and add to 1/6 oz. of 80 to 90 proof vodka which acts as a
preservative.

Place three drops under the tongue hourly until there is obvious
improvement or temporary exacerbation of symptoms. As improvement
progresses, lengthen the interval between treatments. After 3 days,
suspend treatment to avoid pushing the immune system. Treatment is
resumed if progress remains static or relapse occurs.

2) Begin with oral drops then increase dosage as needed. Use fresh
urine drops direct. For some cases, sub-lingual drops work well.
(Should always use fresh urine immediately upon collection. You
should not boil or dilute the urine in any way. You must use it in
its natural form)

Start by taking 1-5 drops of morning urine on the first day. On the
second day, take 5-10 drops in the morning. On the third day, take 5-
10 drops in the morning, and the same amount in the evening before
you go to bed.

Once you feel accustomed to the therapy, gradually increase the
amount as needed for obtaining results for your condition. As you use
the therapy, you will learn to adjust the amount you need by
observing your reactions to the therapy. It may be that you'll work
up to actually drinking an ounce or two at a time

A Medical Passover: Treating Contagious Diseases

"The 'Flu' is commonly thought of as a bad cold, but it can also
become a killer of entire populations of many nations. That is why
the Avian Flu has authorities so worried. A type of Bird Flu killed
over 20 million people worldwide during and after the First World
War. Highly contagious diseases are what cause global pandemics and
plagues, such as the "Black Death" which struck Europe and Asia
several times from the Middle Ages until the mid-17th century,
killing a up to a third of the population. The recently discovered
epidemic of fast acting, air-borne, deadly Ebola and the slower-
acting viral plague of AIDS, all arouse our interest in and devotion
to combating these undiminished dangers to humanity.

We recommend Urine Therapy for Chronic Diseases, but for Infectious
(Contagious) Diseases, Urine Therapy is best combined with Colloidal
Silver - the Antiviral Antibiotic you can make at home very cheaply.
Recycling urine multiplies the quantity of serum silver, with the
added benefits of Urine Therapy, for a very efficaceous effect
without the usual drug interactions of the medicines sold by those
who value money over health. Turn to the Book of Exodus for the story
of the contest between the Medicine of Moses vs. the medicines of
the "physicians of Pharaoh". That Latter Day prophecy, which is often
repeated in other allegories and parables, was the only time the
Truth ever won - an indictment of society throughout its bloody
history - but, nevertheless, "he who laughs last laughs best". The
continuation of one's Physical and Theological Lineage bodes best in
the face of destruction.

What is the difference between the Flu and a bad cold? Colds which
have more severe symptoms get called the Flu. Nevertheless, almost
all such contagious diseases are caused by some micro-organism, in
the case of colds and flus, a virus. Our normal experience is that
colds and flus are just a painful inconvenience. We must remember
that all Transmisable Diseases begin with a microbe entering a body
with inadequate defenses, and can then soon become deadly. The
severity of the disease may not relate to how easy or difficult it
would be to fight it with Urine Fasting and Colloidal Silver.
Therefore, when, for instance, we cure a mild cold, it may be that it
would be just as easy to destroy a life-threatening disease. For that
reason, the following case histories may imply that other diseases
could be cured with Urine Therapy.

Dr. Patel's documented cures seem to involve less fasting than those
listed by John W. Armstrong, in his original modern book on Urine
Therapy, "The Water of Life: A Treatise on Urine Therapy". The
importance of fasting should not be diminished by those practicing
Urine Therapy. Perhaps of secondary importance, is the rubbing of
urine or synthetic feed-grade Urea on the skin. It does seem to
heighten the efficacy of drinking urine, and rubbing of urine is the
main thing in treating skin and eye diseases. Urea should not be
applied to the eyes, but urine is good for that purpose. Armstrong
appears to be the first modern writer to identify the term often used
by Jesus, the "Water of Life", with urine, and that was one the most
significant observations in centuries of theological philosophising.

Please note that antibiotics fight bacteria, but can't fight a virus -
another reason for antiviral Colloidal Silver, a "wonder drug" which
fights all microbes, has no side-effects, is impossible to overdose,
is compatible with Urine Therapy, and is easy and cheap to make at
home. An important part of survival is in storing up the right foods,
which are Tantric food supplements, such as concentrated liquids and
powders, and the ability to be independent of the medical business,
which won't be there for you. Accomplish this with Colloidal Silver
Makers and Urine Therapy, or, preferably, Urine Tantra. As we already
noted, the Hindu Triveni is identical with the Gnostic Trinity,
symbolized by the Passover Blood placed three times around the door,
once over the door and on each of the two sides of the door. Rasa
Tantra is probably the greatest survival technique known, because it
not only activates the Immune System to ward off infections, but also
Renews the Genome to fight off mutations (with the exception of
Mitosis, with its New Genome).

Most people, through hatred and fear, will not allow us to help them
to save themselves from the clutches of death. They vainly imagine
that, by doing so, they would only be helping us, and, by not doing
so, they imagine they are harming us, which they delight in doing,
with hellish relish. A lack of intelligence, integrity and
compassion - That is how they destroy themselves and others, and
bring their own erroneous lineages to a well-deserved end. If they
have nothing helpful to contribute, they have no need to be in this
world, which is in such dire need of a respite from egotism and
suffering. Beware not to turn your own possibilities for Salvation
from Suffering into a fearful taboo. And beware those who would turn
their own irrational fear into hateful acts against innocent
scapegoats, or Transferral of Guilt onto innocent proxies - now the
favorite heresy of a religion gone mad. Genetic Rejuvenation is the
True Blood At-One-ment for the forgiveness of sins. If you have
another method to accomplish this, please enlighten us. from: Jai
Om. - Sw. Tantrasangha shivambu/message/776

EIGENHARNBEHANDLUNG (Auto-Urine Therapy)

This is about injections of one's own urine. Believe it or not,
thirty years ago, this was the only work I could find about Urine
Therapy, except for The Water of Life by J.W. Armstrong. I was living
in London, studying at the Theosophical Society Library and at the
British Museum Library. I visited the large, old red brick
Homoeopathic Hospital there, and a secretary knew of a Theravada
Buddhist monk, Swami Vijaysoma, in New Delhi, who was an advocate of
Urine Therapy. Later, I went to India and stayed at the house of this
monk, who was also kind enough to introduce me to several Indian
books on Urine Therapy.

While in India, I visited the Dalai Lama's library in Dharmsala. I
had carried a copy of this book, entirely in German, with me. I met a
German fellow who was visiting there, and I paid him to translate the
book. While there, I noticed that the Tibetans, like the Indians,
were not very aware of Urine Therapy or Urine Tantra. What is
surprising is that they all still don't know much about this subject
and don't seem to be "packing the gear" to become more interested or
intellectual any time soon.

When I returned to the west, I began the slow and painful process of
learning that the great majority of people had made themselves unable
to be taught about this Sacred Medical Subject. In Tantra, it takes
two to "tango". One's own Salvation from Suffering is not entirely in
his own hands, for he now needs a partner to attain it. But such a
partner is not going to appear, unless society is acquainted with
Tantra Dharma. So began the painful process of publishing about Rasa
Tantra and running ads about it. This attempt to teach the public,
incited their calumny, the rumors of which most are probably already
acquainted.

People must be aware that, if they don't defend God, neither will God
be able to defend them! The so-called "Christian" nations are
especially indoctrinated with blaspehmous propaganda against Urine
Therapy and Tantra. America and the so-called "Christian" church seem
to be the ringleaders, the worst persecution coming from the Catholic
Church. Obsessed by the damage they can willfully do, they are
oblivious to the kind help which is being offered. It is a nightmare
scenario, worthy of the most fantastic and frightening "Star Trek"
script about a strange planet, whose inhabitants have a fake religion
for phoneys, who deceptively worship what they actually despise,
while persecuting those more Righteous than themselves.

Until some kind of self-made calamity relieves us of the burden of an
evil populace, they will continue to fight over the false religions
they have fabricated, with especially intense relish in attacking the
Doctrine their subconscious minds already know to be true. Thus, the
subconscious mind of the masses carries the guilt of the folly their
conscious minds refuse to acknowledge. An interesting thing about
demon possession is that its slaves have diminished freedom to choose
the Right Path. Tantrics become their slaves, the Righteous being
held in bondage to the ignorance and evil of others. Like Moses said
to the slave-driving Pharaoh(s): "Let my people go!"

Moses's own blood mother, Yoshabel, told him: "Do not announce
your 'True Jewish Lineage', lest ye fall from hell's grace and the
demons block your way to the open road of opportunity for all to have
a chance to reign in Egypt". Moses was no "puta", and did not sell
out his honor for filthy lucre. He did not conform to the bed of
fornication, but rose in rebellion, in order to do the honorable
thing, which was to bring his wife and family and nation out of the
bondage of cowardly conformity to erroneous norms. Then, he led them
to the Promised Land of the Kingdom of Heaven on Earth.

Somehow, the opposition to this reminds me of events in the Diary of
Anne Frank! Nor is this present situation unlike some weird planet,
where good is bad and bad is good! "Hitler is a malignant cancer!"
Don't think you are rid of the bastard, for the "bitch that gave him
birth is still in heat!" We are harmed by the devil and the "hateful
horse of evil" he rode in on. Repent!

We have presented the Mountain of Evidence to the faithless. It is
time for us to stop quoting U.S. Army Gen. Ethan Allen Hitchcock, St.
Thomas Aquinas, Dr. Carl Jung, Confederate Gen. Albert Pike, St.
Albert "the Great", or even Jesus, for you must now become able to
discern between true and false, without the borrowed endorsements of
prominent "politically correct" others, (discerning for yourselves)
the difference between the Truth which "holds water" and dry, empty,
lifeless "dummy lures" without substance.

When you are about to renounce Truth, it would be wise to reconsider
the diminished opportunities of the alternatives. If you have a
proven alternate method for Salvation from the Eight-Fold Suffering,
please enlighten us, and don't forget to bring your documented
medical case histories, to prove your assertions. ...Nothing a
perfect Polygraph Lie Detector Test couldn't solve... Since I am
honest, I have no double-dealing, under-handed, forked-tongued, two-
faced secret agendas or ulterior motives, and, therefore, I have
nothing to hide - no guilt to conceal. Confess your sins and repent!
Jai Om. - Sw. Tantrasangha

EIGENHARNBEHANDLUNG (AUTO-URINE THERAPY) In the Auto-Uro-Therapie, we
have found a way of treatment which seems to be good to treat a wide
variety of diseases, such as: 1. Inflammations, infected, with pus,
2. "Pregnancy Toxemia", 3. Allergic Diseases, 4. Spastic States, 5.
Skin Diseases, and, 6. Infections of Communicable Diseases.

Auto-Uro-Therapie is superior to injections of one's own blood. In
an overall theoretical sense, "A.U.T." (Auto-Uro-Therapie) offers
the following benefits: 1. It gives back to the body the necessary
vitamins. 2. It causes the Antigens and Antibodies, eliminated by
the kidneys, to act upon the body. 3. It stimulates Hormonal (and
Enzymatic) Regulation.

A.U.T. shows remarkable success, and warrants research into why it
is effective. I recommend it for very difficult diseases, such as
chronic Rheumatism. In 1947, I (Dr. Herz) observed many such cures
under Dr. Klinge, and Dr. Geiger healed Rheumatism after twelve
injections within four weeks.

Can the efficacy of A.U.T., in so many different diseases, warrant
research in Cancer, which hasn't been made yet (in 1950)? Hormones
and Vitamins in blood and urine change in Cancer. CARCINOMA IS
ALLEVIATED BY ONE'S OPPOSITE SEXUAL HORMONE - (Male Testosterone or
Female Estrogen), both of which are secreted by man and woman.

(Woman produces more Estrogen and less Testosterone. Man secretes
more Testosterone and less Estrogen. If the elevation of one's
opposite Sexual Hormone is efficaceous, could this point to the
possible efficacy in the practice of Rasa Tantra, which is the
consuming of each other's Genetic Efflux while fasting, or Project
Genesis, which is the Intravenous Joining of the two blood streams
of a man and woman of the same blood type?)

Experiments proved that one's own urine is more effective than a
concoction of foreign urine (from another donor). If A.U.T. were
applied to Cancer Research, it would be the coronation of a
scientific explanation for a treatment which has existed for
thousands of years. by Dr. Karl Herz, M.D., 1950 Haug Cie Nachf.,
Heidelberg, Germany, Translated, edited and abridged by Swami
Tantrasangha

http://naturinologie.info/english.html
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Major survey challenges Western perceptions of Islam
by Karin Zeitvogel

WASHINGTON (AFP) - A huge survey of the world's Muslims released
Tuesday challenges Western notions that equate Islam with radicalism
and violence.

The survey, conducted by the Gallup polling agency over six years and
three continents, seeks to dispel the belief held by some in the West
that Islam itself is the driving force of radicalism.

It shows that the overwhelming majority of Muslims condemned the
attacks against the United States on September 11, 2001 and other
subsequent terrorist attacks, the authors of the study said in
Washington.

"Samuel Harris said in the Washington Times (in 2004): 'It is time we
admitted that we are not at war with terrorism. We are at war with
Islam'," Dalia Mogahed, co-author of the book "Who Speaks for Islam"
which grew out of the study, told a news conference here.

"The argument Mr Harris makes is that religion in the primary driver"
of radicalism and violence, she said.

"Religion is an important part of life for the overwhelming majority
of Muslims, and if it were indeed the driver for radicalisation, this
would be a serious issue."

But the study, which Gallup says surveyed a sample equivalent to 90
percent of the world's Muslims, showed that widespread
religiosity "does not translate into widespread support for
terrorism," said Mogahed, director of the Gallup Center for Muslim
Studies.

About 93 percent of the world's 1.3 billion Muslims are moderates and
only seven percent are politically radical, according to the poll,
based on more than 50,000 interviews.

In majority Muslim countries, overwhelming majorities said religion
was a very important part of their lives -- 99 percent in Indonesia,
98 percent in Egypt, 95 percent in Pakistan.

But only seven percent of the billion Muslims surveyed -- the
radicals -- condoned the attacks on the United States in 2001, the
poll showed.

Moderate Muslims interviewed for the poll condemned the 9/11 attacks
on New York and Washington because innocent lives were lost and
civilians killed.

"Some actually cited religious justifications for why they were
against 9/11, going as far as to quote from the Koran -- for example,
the verse that says taking one innocent life is like killing all
humanity," she said.

Meanwhile, radical Muslims gave political, not religious, reasons for
condoning the attacks, the poll showed.

The survey shows radicals to be neither more religious than their
moderate counterparts, nor products of abject poverty or refugee
camps.

"The radicals are better educated, have better jobs, and are more
hopeful with regard to the future than mainstream Muslims," John
Esposito, who co-authored "Who Speaks for Islam", said.

"Ironically, they believe in democracy even more than many of the
mainstream moderates do, but they're more cynical about whether
they'll ever get it," said Esposito, a professor of Islamic studies
at Georgetown University in Washington.

Gallup launched the study following 9/11, after which US President
George W. Bush asked in a speech, which is quoted in the book: "Why
do they hate us?"

"They hate... a democratically elected government," Bush offered as a
reason.

"They hate our freedoms -- our freedom of religion, our freedom of
speech, our freedom to vote and assemble and disagree with each
other."

But the poll, which gives ordinary Muslims a voice in the global
debate that they have been drawn into by 9/11, showed that most
Muslims -- including radicals -- admire the West for its democracy,
freedoms and technological prowess.

What they do not want is to have Western ways forced on them, it
said.

"Muslims want self-determination, but not an American-imposed and -
defined democracy. They don't want secularism or theocracy. What the
majority wants is democracy with religious values," said Esposito.

The poll has given voice to Islam's silent majority, said Mogahed.

"A billion Muslims should be the ones that we look to, to understand
what they believe, rather than a vocal minority," she told AFP.

Muslims in 40 countries in Africa, Asia, Europe and the Middle East
were interviewed for the survey, which is part of Gallup's World Poll
that aims to interview 95 percent of the world's population.
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CIA-Initiated Remote Viewing at Stanford Research Institute
by H. E. Puthoff, Ph.D., Institute for Advanced Studies at Austin
4030 Braker Lane W., #300, Austin, Texas 78759-5329
http://www.biomindsuperpowers.com/Pages/CIA-InitiatedRV.html
http://www.salvationscience.com

Abstract - In July 1995 the CIA declassified, and approved for
release, documents revealing its sponsorship in the 1970s of a
program at Stanford Research Institute in Menlo Park, CA, to
determine whether such phenomena as remote viewing "might have any
utility for intelligence collection" [1]. Thus began disclosure to
the public of a two-decade-plus involvement of the intelligence
community in the investigation of so-called parapsychological or psi
phenomena. Presented here by the program's Founder and first
Director (1972 - 1985) is the early history of the program,
including discussion of some of the first, now declassified, results
that drove early interest.

Introduction

On April 17, 1995, President Clinton issued Executive Order Nr. 1995-
4-17, entitled Classified National Security Information. Although in
one sense the order simply reaffirmed much of what has been long-
standing policy, in another sense there was a clear shift toward
more openness. In the opening paragraph, for example, we read: "In
recent years, however, dramatic changes have altered, although not
eliminated, the national security threats that we confront. These
changes provide a greater opportunity to emphasize our commitment to
open Government." In the Classification Standards section of the
Order this commitment is operationalized by phrases such as "If
there is significant doubt about the need to classify information,
it shall not be classified." Later in the document, in reference to
information that requires continued protection, there even appears
the remarkable phrase "In some exceptional cases, however, the need
to protect such information may be outweighed by the public interest
in disclosure of the information, and in these cases the information
should be declassified."

A major fallout of this reframing of attitude toward classification
is that there is enormous pressure on those charged with maintaining
security to work hard at being responsive to reasonable requests for
disclosure. One of the results is that FOIA (Freedom of Information
Act) requests that have languished for months to years are suddenly
being acted upon.1

One outcome of this change in policy is the government's recent
admission of its two-decade-plus involvement in funding highly-
classified, special access programs in remote viewing (RV) and
related psi phenomena, first at Stanford Research Institute (SRI)
and then at Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC),
both in Menlo Park, CA, supplemented by various in-house government
programs. Although almost all of the documentation remains yet
classified, in July 1995 270 pages of SRI reports were declassified
and released by the CIA, the program's first sponsor [2]. Thus,
although through the years columns by Jack Anderson and others had
claimed leaks of "psychic spy" programs with such exotic names as
Grill Flame, Center Lane, Sunstreak and Star Gate, CIA's release of
the SRI reports constitutes the first documented public admission of
significant intelligence community involvement in the psi area.

As a consequence of the above, although I had founded the program in
early 1972, and had acted as its Director until I left in 1985 to
head up the Institute for Advanced Studies at Austin (at which point
my colleague Ed May assumed responsibility as Director), it was not
until 1995 that I found myself for the first time able to utter in a
single sentence the connected acronyms CIA/SRI/RV. In this report I
discuss the genesis of the program, report on some of the early, now
declassified, results that drove early interest, and outline the
general direction the program took as it expanded into a multi-year,
multi-site, multi-million-dollar effort to determine whether such
phenomena as remote viewing "might have any utility for intelligence
collection" [1].

Beginnings

In early 1972 I was involved in laser research at Stanford Research
Institute (now called SRI International) in Menlo Park, CA. At that
time I was also circulating a proposal to obtain a small grant for
some research in quantum biology. In that proposal I had raised the
issue whether physical theory as we knew it was capable of
describing life processes, and had suggested some measurements
involving plants and lower organisms [3]. This proposal was widely
circulated, and a copy was sent to Cleve Backster in New York City
who was involved in measuring the electrical activity of plants with
standard polygraph equipment. New York artist Ingo Swann chanced to
see my proposal during a visit to Backster's lab, and wrote me
suggesting that if I were interested in investigating the boundary
between the physics of the animate and inanimate, I should consider
experiments of the parapsychological type. Swann then went on to
describe some apparently successful experiments in psychokinesis in
which he had participated at Prof. Gertrude Schmeidler's laboratory
at the City College of New York. As a result of this correspondence
I invited him to visit SRI for a week in June 1972 to demonstrate
such effects, frankly, as much out of personal scientific curiosity
as anything else.

Prior to Swann's visit I arranged for access to a well-shielded
magnetometer used in a quark-detection experiment in the Physics
Department at Stanford University. During our visit to this
laboratory, sprung as a surprise to Swann, he appeared to perturb
the operation of the magnetometer, located in a vault below the
floor of the building and shielded by mu-metal shielding, an
aluminum container, copper shielding and a superconducting shield.
As if to add insult to injury, he then went on to "remote view" the
interior of the apparatus, rendering by drawing a reasonable
facsimile of its rather complex (and heretofore unpublished)
construction. It was this latter feat that impressed me perhaps even
more than the former, as it also eventually did representatives of
the intelligence community. I wrote up these observations and
circulated it among my scientific colleagues in draft form of what
was eventually published as part of a conference proceedings [4].

In a few short weeks a pair of visitors showed up at SRI with the
above report in hand. Their credentials showed them to be from the
CIA. They knew of my previous background as a Naval Intelligence
Officer and then civilian employee at the National Security Agency
(NSA) several years earlier, and felt they could discuss their
concerns with me openly. There was, they told me, increasing concern
in the intelligence community about the level of effort in Soviet
parapsychology being funded by the Soviet security services [5]; by
Western scientific standards the field was considered nonsense by
most working scientists. As a result they had been on the lookout
for a research laboratory outside of academia that could handle a
quiet, low-profile classified investigation, and SRI appeared to fit
the bill. They asked if I could arrange an opportunity for them to
carry out some simple experiments with Swann, and, if the tests
proved satisfactory, would I consider a pilot program along these
lines? I agreed to consider this, and arranged for the requested
tests.2

The tests were simple, the visitors simply hiding objects in a box
and asking Swann to attempt to describe the contents. The results
generated in these experiments are perhaps captured most eloquently
by the following example. In one test Swann said "I see something
small, brown and irregular, sort of like a leaf or something that
resembles it, except that it seems very much alive, like it's even
moving!" The target chosen by one of the visitors turned out to be a
small live moth, which indeed did look like a leaf. Although not all
responses were quite so precise, nonetheless the integrated results
were sufficiently impressive that in short order an eight-month,
$49,909 Biofield Measurements Program was negotiated as a pilot
study, a laser colleague Russell Targ who had had a long-time
interest and involvement in parapsychology joined the program, and
the experimental effort was begun in earnest.

Early Remote Viewing Results

During the eight-month pilot study of remote viewing the effort
gradually evolved from the remote viewing of symbols and objects in
envelopes and boxes, to the remote viewing of local target sites in
the San Francisco Bay area, demarked by outbound experimenters sent
to the site under strict protocols devised to prevent artifactual
results. Later judging of the results were similarly handled by
double-blind protocols designed to foil artifactual matching. Since
these results have been presented in detail elsewhere, both in the
scientific literature [6-8] and in popular book format [9], I direct
the interested reader to these sources. To summarize, over the years
the back-and-forth criticism of protocols, refinement of methods,
and successful replication of this type of remote viewing in
independent laboratories [10-14], has yielded considerable
scientific evidence for the reality of the phenomenon. Adding to the
strength of these results was the discovery that a growing number of
individuals could be found to demonstrate high-quality remote
viewing, often to their own surprise, such as the talented Hella
Hammid. As a separate issue, however, most convincing to our early
program monitors were the results now to be described, generated
under their own control.

First, during the collection of data for a formal remote viewing
series targeting indoor laboratory apparatus and outdoor locations
(a series eventually published in toto in the Proc. IEEE [7]), the
CIA contract monitors, ever watchful for possible chicanery,
participated as remote viewers themselves in order to critique the
protocols. In this role three separate viewers, designated visitors
V1 - V3 in the IEEE paper, contributed seven of the 55 viewings,
several of striking quality. Reference to the IEEE paper for a
comparison of descriptions/drawings to pictures of the associated
targets, generated by the contract monitors in their own viewings,
leaves little doubt as to why the contract monitors came to the
conclusion that there was something to remote viewing (see, for
example, Figure 1 herein). As summarized in the Executive Summary of
the now-released Final Report [2] of the second year of the
program, "The development of this capability at SRI has evolved to
the point where visiting CIA personnel with no previous exposure to
such concepts have performed well under controlled laboratory
conditions (that is, generated target descriptions of sufficiently
high quality to permit blind matching of descriptions to targets by
independent judges)." What happened next, however, made even these
results pale in comparison.

Coordinate Remote Viewing

To determine whether it was necessary to have a "beacon" individual
at the target site, Swann suggested carrying out an experiment to
remote view the planet Jupiter before the upcoming NASA Pioneer 10
flyby. In that case, much to his chagrin (and ours) he found a ring
around Jupiter, and wondered if perhaps he had remote viewed Saturn
by mistake. Our colleagues in astronomy were quite unimpressed as
well, until the flyby revealed that an unanticipated ring did in
fact exist.3

Expanding the protocols yet further, Swann proposed a series of
experiments in which the target was designated not by sending
a "beacon" person to the target site, but rather by the use of
geographical coordinates, latitude and longitude in degrees, minutes
and seconds. Needless to say, this proposal seemed even more
outrageous than "ordinary" remote viewing. The difficulties in
taking this proposal seriously, designing protocols to eliminate the
possibility of a combination of globe memorization and eidetic or
photographic memory, and so forth, are discussed in considerable
detail in Reference [9]. Suffice it to say that investigation of
this approach, which we designated Scanate (scanning by coordinate),
eventually provided us with sufficient evidence to bring it up to
the contract monitors and suggest a test under their control. A
description of that test and its results, carried out in mid-1973
during the initial pilot study, are best presented by quoting
directly from the Executive Summary of the Final Report of the
second year's followup program [2]. The remote viewers were Ingo
Swann and Pat Price, and the entire transcripts are available in the
released documents [2].

"In order to subject the remote viewing phenomena to a rigorous long-
distance test under external control, a request for geographical
coordinates of a site unknown to subject and experimenters was
forwarded to the OSI group responsible for threat analysis in this
area. In response, SRI personnel received a set of geographical
coordinates (latitude and longitude in degrees, minutes, and
seconds) of a facility, hereafter referred to as the West Virginia
Site. The experimenters then carried out a remote viewing experiment
on a double-blind basis, that is, blind to experimenters as well as
subject. The experiment had as its goal the determination of the
utility of remote viewing under conditions approximating an
operational scenario. Two subjects targeted on the site, a sensitive
installation. One subject drew a detailed map of the building and
grounds layout, the other provided information about the interior
including codewords, data subsequently verified by sponsor sources
(report available from COTR)."4

Since details concerning the site's mission in general,5 and
evaluation of the remote viewing test in particular, remain highly
classified to this day, all that can be said is that interest in the
client community was heightened considerably following this exercise.

Because Price found the above exercise so interesting, as a personal
challenge he went on to scan the other side of the globe for a
Communist Bloc equivalent and found one located in the Urals, the
detailed description of which is also included in Ref. [2]. As with
the West Virginia Site, the report for the Urals Site was also
verified by personnel in the sponsor organization as being
substantially correct.

What makes the West Virginia/Urals Sites viewings so remarkable is
that these are not best-ever examples culled out of a longer list;
these are literally the first two site-viewings carried out in a
simulated operational-type scenario. In fact, for Price these were
the very first two remote viewings in our program altogether, and he
was invited to participate in yet further experimentation.

Operational Remote Viewing (Semipalatinsk, USSR)

Midway through the second year of the program (July 1974) our CIA
sponsor decided to challenge us to provide data on a Soviet site of
ongoing operational significance. Pat Price was the remote viewer. A
description of the remote viewing, taken from our declassified final
report [2], reads as given below. I cite this level of detail to
indicate the thought that goes into such an "experiment" to minimize
cueing while at the same time being responsive to the requirements
of an operational situation. Again, this is not a "best-ever"
example from a series of such viewings, but rather the very first
operational Soviet target concerning which we were officially tasked.

"To determine the utility of remote viewing under operational
conditions, a long-distance remote viewing experiment was carried
out on a sponsor-designated target of current interest, an
unidentified research center at Semipalatinsk, USSR.

This experiment, carried out in three phases, was under direct
control of the COTR. To begin the experiment, the COTR furnished map
coordinates in degrees, minutes and seconds. The only additional
information provided was the designation of the target as an R&D
test facility. The experimenters then closeted themselves with
Subject S1, gave him the map coordinates and indicated the
designation of the target as an R&D test facility. A remote-viewing
experiment was then carried out. This activity constituted Phase I
of the experiment.

Figure 3 shows the subject's graphic effort for building layout;
Figure 4 shows the subject's particular attention to a multistory
gantry crane he observed at the site. Both results were obtained by
the experimenters on a double-blind basis before exposure to any
additional COTR-held information, thus eliminating the possibility
of cueing. These results were turned over to the client
representatives for evaluation. For comparison an artist's rendering
of the site as known to the COTR (but not to the experimenters until
later) is shown in Figure 5.....

Figure 5 - Actual COTR rendering of Semipalatinsk, USSR target site

Were the results not promising, the experiment would have stopped at
this point. Description of the multistory crane, however, a
relatively unusual target item, was taken as indicative of possible
target acquisition. Therefore, Phase II was begun, defined by the
subject being made "witting" (of the client) by client
representatives who introduced themselves to the subject at that
point; Phase II also included a second round of experimentation on
the Semipalatinsk site with direct participation of client
representatives in which further data were obtained and evaluated.
As preparation for this phase, client representatives purposely kept
themselves blind to all but general knowledge of the target site to
minimize the possibility of cueing. The Phase II effort was focused
on the generation of physical data that could be independently
verified by other client sources, thus providing a calibration of
the process.

The end of Phase II gradually evolved into the first part of Phase
III, the generation of unverifiable data concerning the
Semipalatinsk site not available to the client, but of operational
interest nonetheless. Several hours of tape transcript and a
notebook of drawings were generated over a two-week period.

The data describing the Semipalatinsk site were evaluated by the
sponsor, and are contained in a separate report. In general, several
details concerning the salient technology of the Semipalatinsk site
appeared to dovetail with data from other sources, and a number of
specific large structural elements were correctly described. The
results contained noise along with the signal, but were nonetheless
clearly differentiated from the chance results that were generated
by control subjects in comparison experiments carried out by the
COTR."

For discussion of the ambiance and personal factors involved in
carrying out this experiment, along with further detail generated as
Price (see Figure 6) "roamed" the facility, including detailed
comparison of Price's RV-generated information with later-
determined "ground-truth reality," see the accompanying article by
Russell Targ in the Journal of Scientific Exploration.

Additional experiments having implications for intelligence concerns
were carried out, such as the remote viewing of cipher-machine type
apparatus, and the RV-sorting of sealed envelopes to differentiate
those that contained letters with secret writing from those that did
not. To discuss these here in detail would take us too far afield,
but the interested reader can follow up by referring to the now-
declassified project documents [2].

Follow-on Programs

The above discussion brings us up to the end of 1975. As a result of
the material being generated by both SRI and CIA remote viewers,
interest in the program in government circles, especially within the
intelligence community, intensified considerably and led to an ever-
increasing briefing schedule. This in turn led to an ever-increasing
number of clients, contracts and tasking, and therefore expansion of
the program to a multi-client base, and eventually to an integrated
joint-services program under single-agency (DIA)6 leadership. To
meet the demand for the increased level of effort we first increased
our professional staff by inviting Ed May to join the program in
1976, then screened and added to the program a cadre of remote
viewers as consultants, and let subcontracts to increase our scope
of activity.

As the program expanded, in only a very few cases could the clients'
identities and program tasking be revealed. Examples include a NASA-
funded study negotiated early in the program by Russ Targ to
determine whether the internal state of an electronic random-number-
generator could be detected by RV processes [16], and a study funded
by the Naval Electronics Systems Command to determine whether
attempted remote viewing of distant light flashes would induce
correlated changes in the viewer's brainwave (EEG) production [17].
For essentially all other projects during my 14-yr. tenure at SRI,
however, the identity of the clients and most of the tasking were
classified and remain so today. (The exception was the occasional
privately-funded study.) We are told, however, that further
declassification and release of much of this material is almost
certain to occur.

What can be said, then, about further development of the program in
the two decades following 1975?7 In broad terms it can be said that
much of the SRI effort was directed not so much toward developing an
operational U.S. capability, but rather toward assessing the threat
potential of its use against the U.S. by others. The words threat
assessment were often used to describe the program's purpose during
its development, especially during the early years. As a result much
of the remote-viewing activity was carried out under conditions
where ground-truth reality was a priori known or could be
determined, such as the description of U.S. facilities and
technological developments, the timing of rocket test firings and
underground nuclear tests, and the location of individuals and
mobile units. And, of course, we were responsive to requests to
provide assistance during such events as the loss of an airplane or
the taking of hostages, relying on the talents of an increasing
cadre of remote-viewer/consultants, some well-known in the field
such as Keith Harary, and many who have not surfaced publicly until
recently, such as Joe McMoneagle.

One might ask whether in this program RV-generated information was
ever of sufficient significance as to influence decisions at a
policy level. This is of course impossible to determine unless
policymakers were to come forward with a statement in the
affirmative. One example of a possible candidate is a study we
performed at SRI during the Carter-administration debates concerning
proposed deployment of the mobile MX missile system. In that
scenario missiles were to be randomly shuffled from silo to silo in
a silo field, in a form of high-tech shell game. In a computer
simulation of a twenty-silo field with randomly-assigned (hidden)
missile locations, we were able, using RV-generated data, to show
rather forcefully that the application of a sophisticated
statistical averaging technique (sequential sampling) could in
principle permit an adversary to defeat the system. I briefed these
results to the appropriate offices at their request, and a written
report with the technical details was widely circulated among groups
responsible for threat analysis [18], and with some impact. What
role, if any, our small contribution played in the mix of factors
behind the enormously complex decision to cancel the program will
probably never be known, and must of course a priori be considered
in all likelihood negligible. Nonetheless, this is a prototypical
example of the kind of tasking that by its nature potentially had
policy implications.

Even though the details of the broad range of experiments, some
brilliant successes, many total failures, have not yet been
released, we have nonetheless been able to publish summaries of what
was learned in these studies about the overall characteristics of
remote viewing, as in Table 5 of Reference [8]. Furthermore, over
the years we were able to address certain questions of scientific
interest in a rigorous way and to publish the results in the open
literature. Examples include the apparent lack of attenuation of
remote viewing due to seawater shielding (submersible experiments)
[8], the amplification of RV performance by use of error-correcting
coding techniques [19,20], and the utility of a technique we call
associational remote viewing (ARV) to generate useful predictive
information [21].8

As a sociological aside, we note that the overall efficacy of remote
viewing in a program like this was not just a scientific issue. For
example, when the Semipalatinsk data described earlier was forwarded
for analysis, one group declined to get involved because the whole
concept was unscientific nonsense, while a second group declined
because, even though it might be real, it was possibly demonic; a
third group had to be found. And, as in the case of public debate
about such phenomena, the program's image was on occasion as likely
to be damaged by an overenthusiastic supporter as by a detractor.
Personalities, politics and personal biases were always factors to
be dealt with.

Official Statements/Perspectives

With regard to admission by the government of its use of remote
viewers under operational conditions, officials have on occasion
been relatively forthcoming. President Carter, in a speech to
college students in Atlanta in September 1995, is quoted by Reuters
as saying that during his administration a plane went down in Zaire,
and a meticulous sweep of the African terrain by American spy
satellites failed to locate any sign of the wreckage. It was
then "without my knowledge" that the head of the CIA (Adm.
Stansfield Turner) turned to a woman reputed to have psychic powers.
As told by Carter, "she gave some latitude and longitude figures. We
focused our satellite cameras on that point and the plane was
there." Independently, Turner himself also has admitted the Agency's
use of a remote viewer (in this case, Pat Price).9 And recently, in
a segment taped for the British television series Equinox [22], Maj.
Gen. Ed Thompson, Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence, U.S.
Army (1977-1981), volunteered "I had one or more briefings by SRI
and was impressed.... The decision I made was to set up a small, in-
house, low-cost effort in remote viewing...."

Finally, a recent unclassified report [23] prepared for the CIA by
the American Institutes for Research (AIR), concerning a remote
viewing effort carried out under a DIA program called Star Gate
(discussed in detail elsewhere in this volume), cites the roles of
the CIA and DIA in the history of the program, including
acknowledgment that a cadre of full-time government employees used
remote viewing techniques to respond to tasking from operational
military organizations.10

As information concerning the various programs spawned by
intelligence-community interest is released, and the dialog
concerning their scientific and social significance is joined, the
results are certain to be hotly debated. Bearing witness to this
fact are the companion articles in this volume by Ed May, Director
of the SRI and SAIC programs since 1985, and by Jessica Utts and Ray
Hyman, consultants on the AIR evaluation cited above. These articles
address in part the AIR study. That study, limited in scope to a
small fragment of the overall program effort, resulted in a
conclusion that although laboratory research showed statistically
significant results, use of remote viewing in intelligence gathering
was not warranted.

Regardless of one's a priori position, however, an unimpassioned
observer cannot help but attest to the following fact. Despite the
ambiguities inherent in the type of exploration covered in these
programs, the integrated results appear to provide unequivocal
evidence of a human capacity to access events remote in space and
time, however falteringly, by some cognitive process not yet
understood. My years of involvement as a research manager in these
programs have left me with the conviction that this fact must be
taken into account in any attempt to develop an unbiased picture of
the structure of reality.

Footnotes
1 - One example being the release of documents that are the subject
of this report - see the memoir by Russell Targ elsewhere in this
volume.
2 - Since the reputation of the intelligence services is mixed among
members of the general populace, I have on occasion been challenged
as to why I would agree to cooperate with the CIA or other elements
of the intelligence community in this work. My answer is simply that
as a result of my own previous exposure to this community I became
persuaded that war can almost always be traced to a failure in
intelligence, and that therefore the strongest weapon for peace is
good intelligence.
3 - This result was published by us in advance of the ring's
discovery [9].
4 - Editor's footnote added here: COTR - Contracting Officer's
Technical Representative
5 - An NSA listening post at the Navy's Sugar Grove facility,
according to intelligence-community chronicler Bamford [15]
6 - DIA - Defense Intelligence Agency. The CIA dropped out as a
major player in the mid-seventies due to pressure on the Agency
(unrelated to the RV Program) from the Church-Pike Congressional
Committee.
7 - See also the contribution by Ed May elsewhere in this volume
concerning his experiences from 1985 on during his tenure as
Director.
8 - For example, one application of this technique yielded not only
a published, statistically significant result, but also a return of
$26,000 in 30 days in the silver futures market [21].
9 - The direct quote is given in Targ's contribution elsewhere in
this volume.
10 - "From 1986 to the first quarter of FY 1995, the DoD paranormal
psychology program received more than 200 tasks from operational
military organizations requesting that the program staff apply a
paranormal psychological technique know (sic) as "remote viewing"
(RV) to attain information unavailable from other sources." [23]

References

[1] "CIA Statement on 'Remote Viewing'," CIA Public Affairs Office,
6 September 1995.

[2] Harold E. Puthoff and Russell Targ, "Perceptual Augmentation
Techniques," SRI Progress Report No. 3 (31 Oct. 1974) and Final
Report (1 Dec. 1975) to the CIA, covering the period January 1974
through February 1975, the second year of the program. This effort
was funded at the level of $149,555.

[3] H. E. Puthoff, "Toward a Quantum Theory of Life Process,"
unpubl. proposal, Stanford Research Institute (1972).

[4] H. E. Puthoff and R. Targ, "Physics, Entropy and Psychokinesis,"
in Proc. Conf. Quantum Physics and Parapsychology (Geneva,
Switzerland); (New York: Parapsychology Foundation, 1975).

[5] Documented in "Paraphysics R&D - Warsaw Pact (U)," DST-1810S-202-
78, Defense Intelligence Agency (30 March 1978).

[6] R. Targ and H. E. Puthoff, "Information Transfer under
Conditions of Sensory Shielding," Nature 252, 602 (1974).

[7] H. E. Puthoff and R. Targ, "A Perceptual Channel for Information
Transfer over Kilometer Distances: Historical Perspective and Recent
Research," Proc. IEEE 64, 329 (1976).

[8] H. E. Puthoff, R. Targ and E. C. May, "Experimental Psi
Research: Implications for Physics," in The Role of Consciousness in
the Physical World, edited by R. G. Jahn (AAAS Selected Symposium
57, Westview Press, Boulder, 1981).

[9] R. Targ and H. E. Puthoff, Mind Reach (Delacorte Press, New
York, 1977).

[10] J. P. Bisaha and B. J. Dunne, "Multiple Subject and Long-
Distance Precognitive Remote Viewing of Geographical Locations," in
Mind at Large, edited by C. T. Tart, H. E. Puthoff and R. Targ
(Praeger, New York, 1979), p. 107.

[11] B. J. Dunne and J. P. Bisaha, "Precognitive Remote Viewing in
the Chicago Area: a Replication of the Stanford Experiment," J.
Parapsychology 43, 17 (1979).

[12] R. G. Jahn, "The Persistent Paradox of Psychic Phenomena: An
Engineering Perspective," Proc. IEEE 70, 136 (1982).

[13] R. G. Jahn and B. J. Dunne, "On the Quantum Mechanics of
Consciousness with Application to Anomalous Phenomena," Found. Phys.
16, 721 (1986).

[14] R. G. Jahn and B. J. Dunne, Margins of Reality (Harcourt, Brace
and Jovanovich, New York, 1987).

[15] J. Bamford, The Puzzle Palace (Penguin Books, New York, 1983)
pp. 218-222.

[16] R. Targ, P. Cole and H. E. Puthoff, "Techniques to Enhance
Man/Machine Communication," Stanford Research Institute Final Report
on NASA Project NAS7-100 (August 1974).

[17] R. Targ, E. C. May, H. E. Puthoff, D. Galin and R.
Ornstein, "Sensing of Remote EM Sources (Physiological Correlates),"
SRI Intern'l Final Report on Naval Electronics Systems Command
Project N00039-76-C-0077, covering the period November 1975 - to
October 1976 (April 1978).

[18] H. E. Puthoff, "Feasibility Study on the Vulnerability of the
MPS System to RV Detection Techniques," SRI Internal Report, 15
April 1979; revised 2 May 1979.

[19] H. E. Puthoff, "Calculator-Assisted Psi Amplification,"
Research in Parapsychology 1984, edited by Rhea White and J. Solfvin
(Scarecrow Press, Metuchen, NJ, 1985), p. 48.

[20] H. E. Puthoff, "Calculator-Assisted Psi Amplification II: Use
of the Sequential-Sampling Technique as a Variable-Length Majority-
Vote Code," Research in Parapsychology 1985, edited by D. Weiner and
D. Radin (Scarecrow Press, Metuchen, NJ, 1986), p. 73.

[21] H. E. Puthoff, "ARV (Associational Remote Viewing)
Applications," Research in Parapsychology 1984, edited by Rhea White
and J. Solfvin (Scarecrow Press, Metuchen, NJ, 1985), p. 121.

[22] "The Real X-Files," Independent Channel 4, England (shown 27
August 1995); to be shown in the U.S. on the Discovery Channel.

[23] M. D. Mumford, A. M. Rose and D. Goslin, "An Evaluation of
Remote Viewing: Research and Applications," American Institutes for
Research (September 29, 1995).

Copyright 1996 by H.E. Puthoff.

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An Assessment of the Evidence for Psychic Functioning
by Jessica Utts
Division of Statistics, University of California, Davis, CA 95616

Volume 10 Number 1: Page 3.

Research on psychic functioning, conducted over a two decade period,
is examined to determine whether or not the phenomenon has been
scientifically established. A secondary question is whether or not
it is useful for government purposes. The primary work examined in
this report was government sponsored research conducted at Stanford
Research Institute, later known as SRI International, and at Science
Applications International Corporation, known as SAIC. Using the
standards applied to any other area of science, it is concluded that
psychic functioning has been well established. The statistical
results of the studies examined are far beyond what is expected by
chance. Arguments that these results could be due to methodological
flaws in the experiments are soundly refuted. Effects of similar
magnitude to those found in government-sponsored research at SRI and
SAIC have been replicated at a number of laboratories across the
world. Such consistency cannot be readily explained by claims of
flaws or fraud. The magnitude of psychic functioning exhibited
appears to be in the range between what social scientists call a
small and medium effect. That means that it is reliable enough to be
replicated in properly conducted experiments, with sufficient trials
to achieve the long-run statistical results needed for
replicability. A number of other patterns have been found,
suggestive of how to conduct more productive experiments and applied
psychic functioning. For instance, it doesn't appear that a sender
is needed. Precognition, in which the answer is known to no one
until a future time, appears to work quite well. Recent experiments
suggest that if there is a psychic sense then it works much like our
other five senses, by detecting change. Given that physicists are
currently grappling with an understanding of time, it may be that a
psychic sense exists that scans the future for major change, much as
our eyes scan the environment for visual change or our ears allow us
to respond to sudden changes in sound. It is recommended that future
experiments focus on understanding how this phenomenon works, and on
how to make it as useful as possible. There is little benefit to
continuing experiments designed to offer proof, since there is
little more to be offered to anyone who does not accept the current
collection of data.

Evaluation of a Program on Anomalous Mental Phenomena
by Ray Hyman
1227 University of Oregon, Department of Psychology, Eugene, OR 97403

Volume 10 Number 1: Page 31.

Jessica Utts and I were commissioned to evaluate the research on
remote viewing and related phenomena which was carried out at
Stanford Research Institute (SRI) and Scientific Applications
International Corporation (SAIC) during the years from 1973 through
1994. We focussed on the ten most recent experiments which were
conducted at SAIC from 1992 through 1994. These were not only the
most recent but also the most methodologically sound. We evaluated
these experiments in the context of contemporary parapsychological
research. Professor Utts concluded that the SAIC results, taken in
conjunction with other parapsychological research, proved the
existence of ESP, especially precognition. My report argues that
Professor Utts' conclusion is premature, to say the least. The
reports of the SAIC experiments have become accessible for public
scrutiny too recently for adequate evaluation. Moreover, their
findings have yet to be independently replicated. My report also
argues that the apparent consistencies between the SAIC results and
those of other parapsychological experiments may be illusory. Many
important inconsistencies are emphasized. Even if the observed
effects can be independently replicated, much more theoretical and
empirical investigation would be needed before one could
legitimately claim the existence of paranormal functioning. Note:
This article is followed by a response from Jessica Utts.

Remote Viewing at Stanford Research Institute in the 1970s: A Memoir
by Russell Targ
Bay Research Institute, 1010 Harriet Street, Palo Alto, CA 94301

Volume 10 Number 1: Page 77.

Hundreds of remote viewing experiments were carried out at Stanford
Research Institute (SRI) from 1972 to 1986. The purpose of some of
these trials was to elucidate the physical and psychological
properties of psi abilities, while others were conducted to provide
information for our CIA sponsor about current events in far off
places. We learned that the accuracy and reliability of remote
viewing was not in any way affected by distance, size, or
electromagnetic shielding, and we discovered that the more exciting
or demanding the task, the more likely we were to be successful.
Above all, we became utterly convinced of the reality of psi
abilities. This article focuses on two outstanding examples: One is
an exceptional, map-like drawing of a Palo Alto swimming pool
complex, and the other is an architecturally accurate drawing of a
gantry crane located at a Soviet weapons laboratory, and verified by
satellite photography. The percipient for both of these experiments
was Pat Price, a retired police commissioner who was one of the most
outstanding remote viewers to walk through the doors of SRI.

The American Institutes for Research Review of the
Department of Defense's STAR GATE Program: A Commentary
by Edwin C. May
Cognitive Sciences Laboratory, 330 Cowper Street, Suite 200, Palo
Alto, CA 94301

Volume 10 Number 1: Page 89.

As a result of a Congressionally Directed Activity, the Central
Intelligence Agency conducted an evaluation of a 24-year, government-
sponsored program to investigate ESP and its potential use within
the Intelligence Community. The American Institutes for Research was
contracted to conduct the review of both research and operations.
Their 29 September 1995 final report was released to the public 28
November 1995. As a result of AIR's assessment, the CIA concluded
that a statistically significant effect had been demonstrated in the
laboratory, but that there was no case in which ESP had provided
data that had ever been used to guide intelligence operations. This
paper is a critical review of AIR's methodology and conclusions. It
will be shown that there is compelling evidence that the CIA set the
outcome with regard to intelligence usage before the evaluation had
begun. This was accomplished by limiting the research and operations
data sets to exclude positive findings, by purposefully not
interviewing historically significant participants, by ignoring
previous DOD extensive program reviews, and by using the discredited
National Research Council's investigation of parapsychology as the
starting point for their review. While there may have been political
and administrative justification for the CIA not to accept the
government's in-house program for the operational use of anomalous
cognition, this appeared to drive the outcome of the evaluation. As
a result, they have come to the wrong conclusion with regard to the
use of anomalous cognition in intelligence operations and
significantly underestimated the robustness of the basic phenomenon.

FieldREG Anomalies in Group Situations
by R. D. Nelson, G. J. Bradish, Y. H. Dobyns, B. J. Dunne, and R. G.
Jahn
Princeton Engineering Anomalies Research, School of
Engineering/Applied Science,
Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544

Volume 10 Number 1: Page 111.

Portable random event generators with software to record and index
continuous sequences of binary data in field situations are found to
produce anomalous outputs when deployed in various group
environments. These "FieldREG" systems have been operated under
formal protocols in ten separate venues, all of which subdivide
naturally into temporal segments, such as sessions, presentations,
or days. The most extreme data segments from each of the ten
applications, after appropriate correction for multiple sampling,
compound to a collective probability against chance expectation of 2
X 10^-4. Interpretation remains speculative at this point, but
logbook notes and anecdotal reports from participants suggest that
high degrees of attention, intellectual cohesiveness, shared
emotion, or other coherent qualities of the groups tend to correlate
with the statistically unusual deviations from theoretical
expectation in the FieldREG sequences. If sustained over more
extensive experiments, such effects could add credence to the
concept of a consciousness "field" as an agency for creating order
in random physical processes.

Anomalous Organization of Random Events by Group Consciousness:
Two Exploratory Experiments
by Dean I. Radin, Jannine M. Rebman, and Maikwe P. Cross
Consciousness Research Laboratory, Harry Reid Center,
University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV 89154-4009

Volume 10 Number 1: Page 143.

Two experiments explored the hypothesis that when a group of people
focus their attention on a common object of interest, order will
arise in the environment. An electronic random number generator was
used to detect these changes in order. Events judged to be
interesting to the group were called periods of high coherence and
were predicted to cause corresponding moments of order in the random
samples collected during those events; uninteresting events were
predicted to cause chance levels of order in the random samples. The
first experiment was conducted during an all-day Holotropic
Breathwork workshop. The predictions were confirmed, with a
significant degree of order observed in the random samples during
high group coherence periods (p = 0.002), and chance order observed
during low group coherence periods (p = 0.43). The second experiment
was conducted during the live television broadcast of the 67th
Annual Academy Awards. Two random binary generators, located 12
miles apart, were used to independently measure order. The
predictions were confirmed for about half of the broadcast period,
but the terminal cumulative probabilities were not significant. A
post-hoc analysis showed that the strength of the correlation
between the output of the two random generators was significantly
related (r = 0.94) to the decline in the television viewing
audience.

http://www.biomindsuperpowers.com/Pages/CIA-InitiatedRV.html
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The New Cold War by Edward Lucas
Newsnight 12 Feb 08, 01:34 PM Journalist Edward Lucas claims that
Russia has started a new Cold War - and the West is losing it
because it is unwilling to confront the new threat.

Extract from:

The New Cold War
How the Kremlin Menaces both Russia and the West
by Edward Lucas
Published by Bloomsbury at £18.99

Vladimir Putin wants to build up the Kremlin's influence not only on
the West, but also in the West. The growing business lobby tied to
Russia represents a powerful fifth column of a kind unseen during
the last Cold War. Once it was communist trade unions that
undermined the West at the Kremlin's behest. Now it is pro-Kremlin
bankers and politicians who betray their countries for thirty silver
roubles.

Russia is still too weak militarily and economically, and too
dependent on the outside world, to use brute force. Other tactics
are just as effective.

Chiefly, it can menace and subvert the weaker and smaller countries
in the ex-Soviet neighbourhood. For them, Russia is like an
aggressive man on crutches - no threat to the able-bodied, but still
a menacing bully for someone in a wheelchair.

It uses the Soviet Union's most powerful legacy, the monopoly hold
on gas and oil pipelines running from east to west, to blackmail and
bribe its former satellite countries. In response, the West not only
fails to support its allies, but is also succumbing to pressure
itself.

The old Cold War imposed a demanding regime of mental and moral
toughness on the countries of Western Europe: they knew that if they
did not hang together they would hang separately.

Now the Kremlin's central tactic, of `divide and rule', has an
almost free run. During the old Cold War, no NATO member would have
considered doing private deals with the Kremlin. In the New Cold
War, such deals are commonplace. Remembering the grim grey days of
the past is hard.

Memories of Russia now are shaped by the optimism that surrounded
the end of the Cold War, not the realism of the previous four
decades.

Those old reflexes would be useful now. The Soviet way of life was a
combination of economic backwardness, plus repression at home and
abroad.

'A dark shadow'

That was a hard sell. Now the Kremlin has stopped wasting time,
money and people in trying to make a flawed economic system work,
and in pursuing an unworkably utopian political idea. Instead it has
adopted the trappings of a Western system - laws, elections and
private property, to conceal a lawless, brutal and greedy reality.
That is not only a problem for Russians.

The ideological clash between Russia and the West has changed, but
not disappeared. Instead of an explicit argument between Marxist-
Leninists and the supporters of welfare capitalism, both sides seem
to endorse the same capitalist model.

The difference between Russian and Western models of capitalism can
be deceptive, for respect for the law is so central to the Western
approach to life that many of those who benefit from the security
and predictability that it brings hardly think about it. But the
ideological conflict of the New Cold War is between lawless Russian
nationalism and law-governed Western multilateralism.

In short: the West is losing the New Cold War, while having barely
noticed that it has started. Mr Putin and his Kremlin allies have
seized power in Russia, cast a dark shadow over the eastern half of
the continent, and established formidable bridgeheads in the main
Western countries. And the willingness to resist looks alarmingly
feeble.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/newsnight/2008/02/the_new_cold_war_by_edwa
rd_lucas.html
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LEGACY OF ASHES: THE HISTORY OF THE CIA BY TIM WEINER
http://www.randomhouse.com/doubleday/legacyofashes/LATimes.htm

BOOK REVIEW
'Legacy of Ashes' looks at the consequences of the U.S.' ineffectual
spying. Tim Weiner's book is a magisterial account of the CIA's history.
By Tim Rutten, Times Staff Writer

June 29, 2007

ANY history of a secret agency is bound to be, in certain important
respects, provisional.

Even when you take that real-world caveat into account, however, it
still is clear that Tim Weiner's "Legacy of Ashes: The History of
the CIA" is about as magisterial an account of "the agency's" 60
years as anyone has yet produced. More than that, it is a timely and
vital contribution to one of the most fraught debates now roiling
our bitterly divided capital: the correct role of the intelligence
agencies and their proper relationship not only to the executive and
legislative branches but also to the rule of law itself.

Clearly, Weiner's publisher realizes that: When the CIA announced it
would this week release redacted accounts of its misconduct over the
years — the so-called family jewels — this book's release was
advanced to this month, from Aug. 7. It was a shrewd decision. The
agency's familial gems turned out to be mostly paste — at best,
additional details concerning things already broadly known —
but "Legacy of Ashes," by contrast, fairly glitters with relevance.

Weiner, a New York Times reporter who covered the CIA for that paper
during the 1990s, has been working on this book for at least 20
years. He's a superb reporter who won a Pulitzer Prize in 1988 at
the Philadelphia Inquirer for stories he did on the
Pentagon's "black," or secret, budget. He turned that material into
his first book, which was followed by what many people consider the
definitive book on Soviet mole Aldrich H. Ames' devastating betrayal
of the CIA.

The most remarkable and, for that matter, admirable thing
about "Legacy of Ashes" is that it is based entirely on primary
sources and on-the-record interviews. Nothing goes unattributed, and
when the author does draw his conclusions — which he does frequently
and with refreshing clarity — they have that muscular authority that
only facts can create.

Those facts are drawn from multiple sources, including the author's
exclusive access to the CIA's own numerous secret histories of its
operations, from more than 50,000 documents — many newly
declassified — in the archives of the agency, White House and State
Department, from on-the-record interviews with 10 directors of
central intelligence and from more than 300 interviews with current
and former CIA agents and officials.

In Weiner's view, the story that emerges is "how the most powerful
country in the history of Western civilization has failed to create
a first-rate spy service. That failure constitutes a danger to the
national security of the United States…. The annals of the Central
Intelligence Agency are filled with folly and misfortune, along with
acts of bravery and cunning. They are replete with fleeting
successes and long-lasting failures abroad…. The one crime of
lasting consequence has been the CIA's inability to carry out its
central mission: informing the president of what is happening in the
world."

The current war in Iraq is but the most immediate bloody consequence
of that failure.

Weiner does a brilliant job of delineating the ambivalence that
attended the CIA's creation after World War II. President Truman
wanted to know what was going on in the world around him but was
reluctant to create an "American Gestapo": He was initially
convinced that's what a centralized intelligence agency would
become. Indeed, the CIA's predecessor in World War II, the Office of
Strategic Services (OSS), had a spotty record, studded with heroism
and spectacularly costly failures. Its severest critics, however,
noted that the OSS' greatest strengths had been analytic rather than
operational. Truman initially decided to forgo an intelligence
agency, and then he was maneuvered into creating the CIA not only by
those in the government who thought spies were needed but also by
the increasingly urgent exigencies of the nascent Cold War.

None of that ambivalence would keep Truman or his equally conflicted
successors from turning to the CIA for extralegal, clandestine
operations at home and abroad. The temptation, right down to the
present day, simply has proved too great for any occupant of the
executive office to resist. The irony, as Weiner documents, is that
the agency never has been more of a failure than when it has been
most clandestine.

Even its storied "successes" in Iran, Guatemala, Chile and
Afghanistan — all of which are examined in fresh new light in this
book — turned out to be long-term failures. The agency — despite the
incalculable cost of its technical and analytic component — has
failed to give warning of every significant international event from
the onset of the Korean War to 9/11. Along the way, it gave American
officials and military officials particularly faulty information on
the Balkans and Somalia.

From the beginning, the CIA's most crucial responsibility —
appraising Soviet intentions and capabilities — evoked a mixture of
invincible ignorance and incomprehension. Weiner sketches out a
particularly chilling and detailed scene in which then U.S. envoy to
Moscow Walter Bedell Smith (Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower's former chief
of staff) goes alone to the Kremlin for a one-on-one meeting with
Josef Stalin, designed to divine the dictator's intentions. Further
description of their encounter would undercut the confrontation's
cinematic impact in the book, which is considerable.

When it came to understanding and grappling directly with the Soviet
Union and its very effective intelligence operations, the CIA failed
miserably over and over again. As late as May 1981, Weiner
writes, "[t]he Soviets weighed the rhetoric and the realities of the
Reagan Administration and began to fear a surprise attack by the
United States. They went on a global nuclear alert that lasted for
two years. The superpowers came too close for comfort to an
accidental nuclear war without the CIA ever realizing it." Former
CIA director (and now secretary of Defense) Robert M. Gates, who was
then the agency's foremost Soviet analyst, told Weiner, "We did not
then grasp the growing desperation of the men in the Kremlin … how
pedestrian, isolated and self-absorbed they were; how paranoid,
fearful they were."

Equally disturbing, the record shows that when it came to spy vs.
spy, the Soviets had the CIA for lunch. Moscow infiltrated the OSS
and the CIA from the start, planting moles who did invaluable
service for the Kremlin, decade after decade. The CIA never
succeeded in penetrating the Soviet regime or its intelligence
agencies on any significant or consistent level.

Weiner is particularly good on Bill Clinton's cluelessly
dysfunctional relationship with the CIA — and on its consequences.
It was a devastating period for the agency, which had enjoyed a
particularly favored position when one of its former directors,
George H.W. Bush, occupied the White House. Clinton knew next to
nothing about R. James Woolsey when he named him director, and the
two met precisely twice over the next two years.

"I didn't have a bad relationship with the president," Woolsey
said, "I just didn't have one at all."

Clinton further affronted the agency because he "never came to the
CIA to pay respects to the dead and wounded" after a Pakistani-born
gunman attacked the agency's Langley, Va., offices in 1993. "He sent
his wife instead." According to Weiner, "It is hard to exaggerate
how much fury this created at headquarters."

That anger was equaled when Clinton ordered an entirely ineffectual
response to what the CIA believed was Saddam Hussein's attempt to
kill former President Bush and members of his family when they
visited Kuwait. The U.S. retaliated with a missile strike on the
headquarters of Iraqi intelligence, but as Woolsey told
Weiner, "Saddam tries to assassinate former President Bush and
President Clinton fires a couple of dozen cruise missiles into an
empty building in the middle of the night in Baghdad, thereby
retaliating quite effectively against Iraqi cleaning women and night
watchmen."

Clinton also refused to accept one of the agency's rare, real-time
warnings concerning an impending international catastrophe: the
genocide in Rwanda. When he chose to intervene in Haiti to support
Jean-Bertrand Aristide, he discovered that the priest-turned-
president's major antagonists were drug-dealing Haitian intelligence
officials, trained and financed by the CIA. As a consequence, he —
like other chief executives before him (notably Richard Nixon) —
came to believe the agency was riddled with opponents of his
policies.

That was one of the reasons Clinton delegated dealing with the CIA
to a national security staffer, George J. Tenet. We're still dealing
with the consequences of that mistake, though Weiner gives a far
more coherent and convincing account of the agency's failures in the
run-up to the Iraq war than Tenet did in his own recent memoir.

Weiner believes in the indispensability of an intelligence agency,
but he's too good a reporter and too realistic an analyst not to
weigh the possibility that, as the world's most open society, we may
lack the genius for constructing a necessarily secret institution.
As he points out, during the years when the myth of the agency's
omnipotence was being constructed, the CIA "concealed its failures
abroad, lying to Presidents Eisenhower and Kennedy. It told those
lies to preserve its standing in Washington. The truth, said Don
Gregg, a skilled Cold War station chief, was that the agency at the
height of its powers had a great reputation and a terrible record."

In other words, we Americans may not be much good at spying, but
we're hell at public relations.

timothy.rutten@...

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THE AGE OF AMERICAN UNREASON BY SUSAN JACOBY
Review of Susan Jacoby's "The Age of American Unreason"
http://www.susanjacoby.com
http://www.salvationscience.com

This impassioned, tough-minded work of contemporary history paints a
disturbing portrait of a mutant strain of public ignorance, anti-
rationalism, and anti-intellectualism that has developed over the
past four decades and now threatens the future of American
democracy. Combining historical analysis with contemporary
observation, Susan Jacoby dissects a culture at odds with America's
heritage of Enlightenment reason and with modern knowledge and
science. With mordant wit, the author offers an unsparing indictment
of the ways in which dumbness has been defined downward throughout
American society—on the political right and the left. America's
endemic anti-intellectual tendencies have been exacerbated by a new
species of semiconscious anti-rationalism, feeding on and fed by a
popular culture of video images and unremitting noise that leaves no
room for contemplation or logic.

The book surveys an anti-rational landscape extending from reality
TV and "infantainment" videos for babies to a pseudo-intellectual
universe of "junk thought." This vast kingdom of junk thought
reaches from semiliterate blogs of all political persuasions to
institutions of so-called higher education that offer courses
in "fat studies" and horror films but do not require students to
obtain a thorough grounding in American and world history, science,
and literature. Throughout our culture, disdain for logic and
evidence is fostered by the infotainment media from television to
the Web; aggressive anti-rational religious fundamentalism; poor
public education; the intense politicization of intellectuals
themselves; and—above all—a lazy and credulous public increasingly
unwilling or unable to distinguish between fact and opinion.

Finally, the author argues that anti-rational government is not the
product of a Machiavellian plot by "Washington" but is the
inevitable result of "an overarching crisis of memory and knowledge"
that has left many ordinary citizens and their elected
representatives without the intellectual tools needed for sound
public decision-making. The real question is not why politicians
have lied to the public but why the public was so receptive and so
passive when it heard the lies. At this crucial political juncture,
The Age of American Unreason challenges Americans to face the
painful truth about what our descent into intellectual laziness and
our flight from reason have cost us as individuals and as a nation.
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Susan Jacoby is the author of eight books, a frequent contributor to
national magazines and newspapers, and the recipient of numerous
awards, including a 2001 appointment as a fellow of the New York
Public Library's Center for Scholars and Writers. She is a panelist
for On Faith, a blog published by The Washington Post and Newsweek.
Jacoby is also program director of the Center for Inquiry-New York
City, a rationalist think tank with offices in Lower Manhattan.
"The Age of American Unreason picks up where Richard Hofstadter left
off. With analytic verve and deep historical knowledge, Susan Jacoby
documents the dumbing down of our culture like a maestro. Make no
mistake about it, this is an important book."

—Presidential historian Douglas Brinkley

http://www.susanjacoby.com
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HOW THE ANTICHRIST TOOK THE MINDS AND HEARTS OF AMERICANS
Re: America closes the book on intelligence by Laura Miller
http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/02/15/susan_jacoby/index.html
http://www.salvationscience.com

"Our country is barely smarter than a fifth grader -- no wonder it's
drowning in religious fundamentalism and political ideologues on
both sides", argues Susan Jacoby.

A Review of Susan Jacoby's writings by Laura Miller

Feb. 15, 2008 | For an author of serious nonfiction, success can
lead to some surprisingly disheartening encounters with the reading
public. Susan Jacoby's 2004 history of American
secularism, "Freethinkers," was among the first in the recent wave
of welcome books protesting the growing influence of religion in
civic life, and universities and other institutions soon began
asking her to deliver lectures. Jacoby jumped at the chance, only to
find that wherever she spoke, "my audiences were composed almost
entirely of people who already agreed with me." Instead of
participating in the great public debate that she envisions as
central to American culture, she was preaching to the choir. What's
more, she learned, "serious conservatives report exactly the same
experience on the lecture circuit."

A couple of years later, put up in a student dormitory after giving
another talk, she found her environs "eerily quiet." Gone were
the "high level of noise and laughter," the "late-night and all-
night" conversations she remembered from her own undergraduate
years. Instead, everybody was "on line or in an iPod cocoon." To top
it all off, when she was invited back to her alma mater, Michigan
State University, to receive an honorary award, she struck up a
conversation with an honors student in the College of Communications
Arts, only to find that the young woman had never even heard of
Franklin D. Roosevelt's fireside chats. Apparently, even when
students f